Hungary

A new discriminatory law against LGBTQI+ people fits well into the long-running political strategy of Fidesz.

The Hungarian government’s use of referendums shows how direct democracy can be used to lend a veneer of legitimacy to a party’s own policy agenda.

The EU’s strategy for tackling gender discrimination may be a new chapter for gender equality in Europe, but the road ahead is long and winding.

While it has been framed as a success, the EU budget deal represents an alarming blow to the European Commission’s power to uphold the rule of law.

Explanations for democratic backsliding in Hungary have so far neglected the role of neoliberalism and the resultant economic disintegration.

The Hungarian government has attempted to exploit the pandemic for its own ends – at great cost to the population.

The pandemic has exposed how access to quality, safe housing is a major issue in Eastern European cities.

Orbán and the Hungarian elite are quietly stripping smallholders of their lands to strengthen their grip on power.

Thirty years after Eastern European states began their transition out of socialism, the outcomes of the process are still contested.

A new emergency law has granted Prime Minister Viktor Orbán unlimited power to rule by decree. What does this mean for Hungary’s path away from democracy?